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- VW names compliance manager from Daimler to manage diesel scandal – Reuters: FRANKFURT Oct 16 Volkswagen has appointed Daimler manager Christine Hohmann-Dennhardt as new board member for Integrity and Legal…
- JAPAN: Yokohama to display aerodynamic tyre – Just-auto: Yokohama Rubber claims it has made new advances in tyre aerodynamics technology that control the air flow around tyres in motion. The new development reduces vehicle aerodynamic drag and lift, the company says.
- JAPAN: Hitachi and Clarion develop tech to avoid pedestrian collisions – Just-auto: Hitachi Automotive Systems and Clarion have announced that they have developed the basic technology for preventing collisions while maintaining safe and practical speeds by predicting changes in pedestrian movements and rapidly calculating optimum speed patterns in real time
- US: GM global sales down 1% to 7.2m so far this year – Just-auto: General Motors sold 7.2m vehicles globally in the first nine months of 2015, down 1.3% on last year’s tally for the same period. The overall slight decline came in spite of increases in four of its five largest markets, with record sales in China and strong retail sales gains in the US.
- Volkswagen crisis may be platinum-coated for auto catalyst makers – Reuters: Automobile emissions-control system makers such as Johnson Matthey and France’s Faurecia are set to gain more from…
- Volkswagen’s Sales Hold Up in Immediate Aftermath of Emissions Scandal – WSJ: European new car sales data for September released Friday showed Volkswagen AG VLKAY -3.61 % weathered the initial storm in the two weeks…
- SWEDEN: Volvo mulling union set-up for new US plant – Just-auto: Volvo says it is currently evaluating how union representation will work in practice at its new plant in South Carolina.
- Nissan exec leads $10 billion quest to discover the next Elon Musk – Automotive News: Nissan Vice Chairman Toshiyuki Shiga is on a $10 billion quest to discover Japan’s top entrepreneurs, who can start companies as globally competitive as Tesla and Apple.
- VW appoints Santelmann head of finance arm – Automotive News: Volkswagen has appointed Lars-Henner Santelmann as new head of its finance arm, Volkswagen Financial Services, the carmaker said today.
- General Manager of Dongfeng Yueda confessed challenges and dilemmas faced the company – Automotive News: In the evening of October 13th , Fushou Zhu, General Manager of Dongfeng Motor Corporation, confessed this Chinese company’s challenges and…
- Nissan will stay out of Europe’s growing minicar segment – Automotive News: Nissan stopped importing the Pixo, based on the Suzuki Alto, into Europe from India two years ago. The Pixo went on sale in 2009 and Nissan touted…
- SWEDEN: “Chaotic” VW will not look same in five years: SKF CEO – Just-auto: Roller-bearing manufacturer, SKF says while the immediate crisis engulfing Volkswagen will eventually dissipate, the scandal could deeply affect the way the automaker undertakes its business in the future.
- Norway Is a Model for Encouraging Electric Car Sales – New York Times: No other country can yet match Norway’s proportion of all-electric cars. … And going back to a conventional automobile was out of the question, Ms.
- Ford Recalling 220000 Kuga SUVs in China – WSJ: The cars were built by Changan Ford Automobile, Ford’s car-making joint venture in China, … The Kuga is one of Ford’s best-selling models in China.
- BMW Braves Stench to Power South Africa Plant With Manure – Bloomberg: Bloomberg the Company & its Products …. BMW AG’s car-assembly plant in South Africa is doing its bit to help the German … of the electricity consumption at BMW’s factory, he said in an interview at the car plant. … a year for local and export markets and produced its one-millionth vehicle in February.